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Selling raw GOLD; When a prospector discovers a GOLD deposit, he or she may decide to go through the process of developing a GOLD mine. At the end of the day... the miner grabs up their poke and makes a trip to a refiner to SELL the proceeds... A refiner charges an up-front FEE for the cost of refin...

Excellent! I have a collection of AA Spectrometers, lamps, burners and autosamplers. I would blush to say how little all of that cost. Yep... Watch the auctions out there. You need a "Lab" environment to set up an AA spectrometer. It needs to be a clean area with room to work. It needs to have clean...

GOLD is good; Maybe consider my original post on the patio process. Just plain old salt. But, more people suffer and die from high blood pressure from salt than all of the more hazardous chemicals. Yes, SREETIPS covers the Muriatic and Peroxide process for those that would like to learn more about i...

ABOVE average prospectors; The process of recovering and refining metal involves Chemical (Hydrometalurgical) or Fire (pyrometalurgical) methods. Recovery might be as straight forward as using gravity to concentrate the heavy metal. Fire and Chemicals are Dangerous; Refining takes on a higher level ...

I posted the link to provide a demonstration of this LESS risky - but effective process; Bleach and Muriatic Acid can be bought at local stores. The Sodium Meta-Bisulfite is bought as Stump Remover made by Bonine from a Hardware store. All reactive chemicals should be used with care. That includes u...

Hi Guys and Gals, Taking "raw" GOLD to the next level by refining can be a challenge. One method that is relatively easy is using a process described here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mCFCmwLEWY The science of refining GOLD is interesting and learning how to refine GOLD gives prospectors import...

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- Geowizard

Profitable? In general terms, "profit" is the loose change jingling around in your pocket at the end of the day. :) Nano GOLD may run up to 3 troy ounces per ton. For convenience, let's say one short ton = one cubic yard. Generally, "Profit" equals what we made minus what we spent. Given a five cubi...

Clean up; The Clean up process is certainly worthy of discussion! I hope that other prospectors will chime in and share ideas and solutions to the various methods of Cleaning up their concentrates to get that nice, shiny yellow metal. I personally believe that when a clean up is NOT done properly, m...

Flotation; Yep, it involves "chemicals". Nano and Micron GOLD will FLOAT on water! This size of GOLD is often what is seen in a GOLD pan that float right out of the pan! Adding a Flotant to the production process improves recovery of small GOLD that may otherwise be lost. A flotation tank or a serie...